Ptilodactylidae

Common name:

Number of species:

1

Size Range:

3-5mm

Tarsi:

Description:

One species in Britain, Ptilodactyla exotica Chapin which has been found breeding in moist soil in glasshouses at Kew and the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens. Flattened, brown beetles with long feathered antennae, they are thought to feed on the spores and hyphae of microfungi on vegetation.